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in russia six thousand two hundred german companies are currently operational that includes in russia operational in russia that includes that big household names that i mentioned as well as some smaller family run organizations that make things like machine tools tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk if the relationship between russia and germany economically was affected by sanctions and if there was to be say a catastrophic breakdown and not a relationship three hundred thousand german jobs completely reliant on trade with russia well the german economy has come out of the financial crisis as the main powerhouse in europe but if there was to be some kind of catastrophic breakdown in relations could see around two percent knocked off german growth next year and that could put the german economy on the cusp of a potential. potential recession so these are all very important things to be looked at and these are the messages that have been given a miracle before she can try to make any decision of whether germany would back further sanctions against russia for big corporations tha
in russia six thousand two hundred german companies are currently operational that includes in russia operational in russia that includes that big household names that i mentioned as well as some smaller family run organizations that make things like machine tools tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk if the relationship between russia and germany economically was affected by sanctions and if there was to be say a catastrophic breakdown and not a relationship three hundred thousand german...
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i said i have to go to japan, to south korea, and to russia and china. we have to do this together. it will take 12 days, and i only have six weeks left. it's the only time i ever saw arafat cry. he said, oh, god, you can't do that. i said i know i can't because it needs to look like i made you do this, doesn't it? he said, yeah, that's what we have to do. it's very different in private than -- and so i didn't go. i said you fwot to understand, we're giving up the significant opportunity to make the world a safer place. if you're not going to do it, just tell me. i won't say a word. he went through this whole deal about how it would be ten years again. he told two different arab leaders he was going to take the deal. that i just described to you. the details had to be filled in. i went public with this whole thing, and i just had a couple of weeks. we really had the middle of february when the israeli election was going to occur because under the agreement israel had to ratify the peace agreement. because of the intifada which started when ariel sharon went since 1967, which i begge
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russia played a role in that. it demonstrates russia has influence and can play a constructive role when it wishes to do so. and we hope that's very much the approach that they will take in the days ahead. but this is an extremely delicate situation, certainly the extraordinary violence in odessa on friday has made the situation more fraught. >> finally, mr. ambassador, this looks like a civil war, certainly sounds like a civil war. is there any reason to believe that's not what we're watching unfold? >> no. i don't see that yet, candy. what i see is a society which is facing extraordinary threats of division, but where the dominant opinion in every public opinion survey from every ukrainian i talked to is how can we get our country to pull together again? clearly, there are forces that are trying to deepen division and sadly, some of the forces seem to be coming from outside the country, from russia, but the dominant mood in the country is how do we end this violence and how do we pull the country together again?
russia played a role in that. it demonstrates russia has influence and can play a constructive role when it wishes to do so. and we hope that's very much the approach that they will take in the days ahead. but this is an extremely delicate situation, certainly the extraordinary violence in odessa on friday has made the situation more fraught. >> finally, mr. ambassador, this looks like a civil war, certainly sounds like a civil war. is there any reason to believe that's not what we're...
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debts to russia for oil and gas supplies and the threat that russia can cut off those pipelines at any point. i mean, we need to be serious in washington and in the west generally. do we care whether an aggressive nation uses military force to change international borders on the continent of europe, or do we just not care about it? you know, even today in the "washington post," the "washington post" cartoonist drew a cartoon that expresses the view that maybe we're not taking this seriously enough. i have to say when the "washington post" cartoonist wakes up, we're in deep trouble. >> this seems to echo the yom kippur war in 1973 when president nixon armed israel. let's take a look at that. this is what the nixon foundation says. the president recognized that the only way to recognize the crisis and push out communist influence was to provide american arms for the israelis in order to defeat russian arms. nixon gave it the greater sense of urgency. he says you get this stuff to israel now, now. why doesn't the current president say get that stuff to ukraine. now? >> because i don't thi
debts to russia for oil and gas supplies and the threat that russia can cut off those pipelines at any point. i mean, we need to be serious in washington and in the west generally. do we care whether an aggressive nation uses military force to change international borders on the continent of europe, or do we just not care about it? you know, even today in the "washington post," the "washington post" cartoonist drew a cartoon that expresses the view that maybe we're not...
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and then russia. i wonder who's interested in it and why i wouldn't want to be persecuted any person who is against the developments in ukraine may be accused of separatism and really go to jail that's why i want to stay anonymous. the ukrainian parliament adopted a law under which those guilty of acts of separatism and terrorism can be thrown into prison for ten to fifteen years or even for life we know fall into this category i'm not saying that it's you but your european colleagues some european authorities approved of crimean parliament adopted the law they did it so it appears that you i mean those european bodies agree with terrorists here i am a terrorist and know i'm facing a life sentence according to the current legislation and polite and communicate normally i represent the interests of the people you have to understand that not everybody can or is willing to put their own life at stake in order to save people . the only. thing that was it was always the should. all. go. oh ok bye. bye. oh
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while key for russia is to blame russia for the tragedy in a disaster of the southern ukrainian city mourns dozens of anti-government activists killed in a deadly inferno and clashes with radical extremists. tortured to death by the state an american prisoner suffers a slow painful execution as untested drugs are used for the lethal injection it's not a calls for a moratorium on capital punishment plus. we report from iraq where bloodshed and civilian deaths accompany the country's first general election since u.s. combat troops moved out. four pm in moscow you're watching r t international with me or you know josh and we start in eastern ukraine where a military crackdown on anti-government activists has been gathering pace this week at least seven people are now confirmed dead in a day of fighting for control of the city of qom a tourist one of the hotbeds of and psyche of resistance violence has also erupted across other cities in the rest of the region are just policy or is there for us. dramatic developments here in southeastern ukraine where the news is unfolding fast and furio
while key for russia is to blame russia for the tragedy in a disaster of the southern ukrainian city mourns dozens of anti-government activists killed in a deadly inferno and clashes with radical extremists. tortured to death by the state an american prisoner suffers a slow painful execution as untested drugs are used for the lethal injection it's not a calls for a moratorium on capital punishment plus. we report from iraq where bloodshed and civilian deaths accompany the country's first...
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we have people in russia probably doing that. people in china. it is very difficult to penetrate my -- penetrate these operations. rich taylor joining us to talk about his latest piece. we provide a link to it if you want to read it yourself. if you want asking questions, the phone lines -- you can also send us a tweet and send this e-mail. that address is journal@c-span.org. how willing were these four to talk to you? they were all very willing. i have a little help getting senator feinstein from a colleague in brookings who knows her. . they are all very busy people. they want to get their side of the public argument will hurt. i was grateful to all of them. it is worth hearing. i'm sure some of it is overkill. i'm sure a lot of it doesn't if you wantsecurity to find the needle in the haystack and need to have the holes -- the whole haystack. not protect our national security. but the logic you need it in the way it is protecting our national security. there is excess. they often push the envelope of what their legal powers are and the courts s
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blames a russia for the f. kill a trying situation in ukraine failing however to provide any kind of proof to those claims this is a second batch of america's sanctions with a third already on the way most of washington's a new restrictions are connected to billionaire again i didn't call who's also very real spoons judo partner his company of all group is one of the biggest investment firms in russia boasting a turnover of more than one hundred billion dollars trance all is also at the sanctions list belongs to the group and one of russia's biggest whale transporters of oil and another target is as a g.e. am and now this group is a major gas pipeline builder and one of gas problems main contractors its revenue is around ten billion dollars former speaker of the belgian parliament and word for news the believes the sanctions are more symbolic rather than economic rules should deny that these sanctions have some economic impact but i would should tell you not to size them. or it's limited you should not forget t
blames a russia for the f. kill a trying situation in ukraine failing however to provide any kind of proof to those claims this is a second batch of america's sanctions with a third already on the way most of washington's a new restrictions are connected to billionaire again i didn't call who's also very real spoons judo partner his company of all group is one of the biggest investment firms in russia boasting a turnover of more than one hundred billion dollars trance all is also at the...
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>> i care.e >> if you think russia or china is quaking in their boots whenus they see this collection ofis ferris buellers running the country, the adults are on a carnival cruise and the house is being trashed, it's time to come home from the vacation in 2016. let the adults become in and clean house. >> leon panetta was not a child. a lot of these people were very senior and very good people and to blanketly indict the administration and call him names and say that's the whole administration is frankly bull. >> you know who cares?admi the people, whoever runs againso hillary clinton for president in 2016. you know why? >> it's pure politics! they used it! >> you can use benghazi as politics. >> if you're a electricity. >> the press helps you bury the tragedy and you can do that. >> just admit it's politics.n do i admit it was. >> so you're saying because we think it's bad, that's also politics? >> i'm saying with this special committee, select committee is pure politics.po i've said the other, it was politics. none of you are willing to say that? >> if it's under the guise it'st pol
>> i care.e >> if you think russia or china is quaking in their boots whenus they see this collection ofis ferris buellers running the country, the adults are on a carnival cruise and the house is being trashed, it's time to come home from the vacation in 2016. let the adults become in and clean house. >> leon panetta was not a child. a lot of these people were very senior and very good people and to blanketly indict the administration and call him names and say that's the...
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because russia has a bigger film market than ukraine ukraine we get zero dollars russia we get many dollars we want to do deals all of our russians are pulling out of our deals down in cannes the other thing that we saw is bondholders fitch said that bond holders are telling the u.s. government back off dude because we're going to get hit whacked severely if you actually touch any company in russia that is actually means anything so just go for the small fry like you do in the rest of the world you know attack libya attack you know little nations but just leave the big stuff alone russia is a huge consumer market like elegant play out on the show is this biggest consumer country really and europe if you want to look at those terms but this is a war between the defense industry that loves to send drones down to blow people up needlessly versus the bond market and the copyright industry represented by hollywood interests so hollywood in the bond market is saying wait a minute this this incursion into russia i mean let's put it the way it should be stated i mean the u.s. is invading ru
because russia has a bigger film market than ukraine ukraine we get zero dollars russia we get many dollars we want to do deals all of our russians are pulling out of our deals down in cannes the other thing that we saw is bondholders fitch said that bond holders are telling the u.s. government back off dude because we're going to get hit whacked severely if you actually touch any company in russia that is actually means anything so just go for the small fry like you do in the rest of the world...
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meanwhile, russia staged its first may day parade in red square since soviet days. then came the puzzler. as this surfaced, a "wall street journal"/abc news poll reported that americans by half don't want the president to raise the u.s. profile in foreign policy. we have always noted that two wars have wearied this tolerant country. but another factor may be at play. the realization that america may no longer call the tune, the festering hope that until we are rescued from obama's amateur advisers, the administration must do no more harm. we repeatedly stumble in gambling our prestige and influence as in syria where assad is reporting to be bombing his people with chlorine gas in the face of an agreement to give up all chemical weapons. in truth, one suspects a majority of americans would prefer a military response to benghazi rather than the ukraine or anywhere else. yes, we have all seen this before. the past isn't dead, it's not even passed. >>> and we're about 2 1/2 hours away from the start of the kentucky derby, the 140th run for the roses. 19 horses will star
meanwhile, russia staged its first may day parade in red square since soviet days. then came the puzzler. as this surfaced, a "wall street journal"/abc news poll reported that americans by half don't want the president to raise the u.s. profile in foreign policy. we have always noted that two wars have wearied this tolerant country. but another factor may be at play. the realization that america may no longer call the tune, the festering hope that until we are rescued from obama's...
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russia remains undeterred. russian officials say the ukraine's military operations in the east effectively can you tell ella deal reached in geneva last month to diffuse the crisis and they called for emergency session of the u.n. security council to highlight alleged threats to russians inside ukraine. to reassure the west and european allies, they're considering expanding and extending military exercises in the region. defense secretary chuck hagel said all members of the alliance, not just the u.s., must share the burden. >> we must not squander this opportunity or shrink from this challenge. we will be judged harshly by history and future generations if we do. >> reporter: the u.s. administration hitting back hard at the narrative you're hearing more from russian officials, that ethnic russians are somehow under threat and that armed militants are peaceful protesters. the president saying, quote, that generally local protesters don't possess missiles to shoot down helicopters. fred? >> thanks so much, jim s
russia remains undeterred. russian officials say the ukraine's military operations in the east effectively can you tell ella deal reached in geneva last month to diffuse the crisis and they called for emergency session of the u.n. security council to highlight alleged threats to russians inside ukraine. to reassure the west and european allies, they're considering expanding and extending military exercises in the region. defense secretary chuck hagel said all members of the alliance, not just...
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. >> do you think russia or china is quaking in their boots when they see these ferris buler's running the administration? >> leon panetta was not a child. to blanketly indict an administration and call the names you want to call obama and say that's the whole administration is bull. >> do you know who cares -- whoever runs against hillary rodham clinton for president. you know why? >> it's pure politics. >> you can use benghazi politics. you can vary it. the press helps you to bury this tragedy and you can do that. >> just admit it's politics. i admit it's politics, did i not? >> so you are saying, because we think it's bad, that's also politics. >> i'm saying this selected committee is pure politics. none of you are willing to say that. >> if it's under the guise it's politics, you can do anything? you can cover up murders? >> condone it. >> you can cover up knowledge, hide the truth, and say it's the video when he we know it's terrorism. it's like those idiots hiding behind comedy. >> by the way, we knew all this two years ago, but they didn't want to be forthcoming with the truth o
. >> do you think russia or china is quaking in their boots when they see these ferris buler's running the administration? >> leon panetta was not a child. to blanketly indict an administration and call the names you want to call obama and say that's the whole administration is bull. >> do you know who cares -- whoever runs against hillary rodham clinton for president. you know why? >> it's pure politics. >> you can use benghazi politics. you can vary it. the press...
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down russia isn't here russia supports us morally but not physically americans are supporting they join to face likely. there are troops there are a lot of documents media material spread and materials proving that nobody is interested me. but let me just click how many people come to the rallies and everybody is there from students to pensioners even veterans come ukrainian t.v. spreading lies there saying that russians are being brought in is even possible to bring so many russians look thousands of people come for rallies in eastern ukraine have they brought half of the russian population here they call us extremists we always ask for permission to hold peaceful rallies but they refuse us you know but it seems that the heroes of my dun are allowed to seize buildings to rob banks to kill people but we're not allowed to hold peaceful rallies you can see that we are unarmed we're not wearing masks we have only one demand who want to hold a referendum we want to be heard you can't force twenty million people into europe and nato against their will. because of. the plentiful supply it was
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it means china will grow more powerful, russia will be emboldened, russia will continue its reign of terror. but persuading americans we should be more active around the world requires showing them how their lives will be improving and soon at home. in other words, we need to rebuild american confidence. that means we need politicians who focus more on what is good for america, our people, our economy, our future, and less on what helps their own re-election. and that's the memo. and now on to the top story. >> the latest efforts to get some answers finally on benghazi. as we said earlier, speaker john boehner announced the house will vote to establish a select committee to investigate what has happened and they have subpoenas secretary of state john kerry to testify about the benghazi terror attack at a hearing later this month. here's how the state department responded. >> i am confident that what the republicans allege, that there was some attempt by this administration to cover up or spin what happened, is 100% false. >> joining me now, just a mile and a half away from here, chie
it means china will grow more powerful, russia will be emboldened, russia will continue its reign of terror. but persuading americans we should be more active around the world requires showing them how their lives will be improving and soon at home. in other words, we need to rebuild american confidence. that means we need politicians who focus more on what is good for america, our people, our economy, our future, and less on what helps their own re-election. and that's the memo. and now on to...
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we have set out a clear set of sanctions in terms of russia's behavior toward ukraine. we have taken a series of steps so far in terms of putting asset freezes and travel bans on named individuals. we take an acer is a diplomatic and other steps and we've set out the so-called stage three sanctions that we think should be taken if further destabilization of ukraine are set out and we do believe that restrictions on arms sales should certainly be part of that. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister promised by the end of this parliament a third of the cabinet would be women. we know the former cultural secretary had to go. does he agree with the new culture secretary that this is because government appointment should always be made on merit? >> what i said was i wanted to see a third of my front bench ministers being women at the end of a conservative government. we have made some important progress in terms of the numbers of people on the front bench. i have to say with respect to my coalition partner in terms of cabinet members, the liberal democrats need to do a bit more
we have set out a clear set of sanctions in terms of russia's behavior toward ukraine. we have taken a series of steps so far in terms of putting asset freezes and travel bans on named individuals. we take an acer is a diplomatic and other steps and we've set out the so-called stage three sanctions that we think should be taken if further destabilization of ukraine are set out and we do believe that restrictions on arms sales should certainly be part of that. >> mr. speaker, the prime...
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. >>> the president met with his allies there in german and they talk about the sanctions against russia and talked about other things also. >> we have been talking about sanctions against russia and we talked today with our nato partners. >> he warned them to beef up this defenses as a deterrent. >>> new information about the people in california who have signed up for obamacare, including how old they are and how they are getting financial assistance but many have yet to pay their premiums. >> health and human services says 1.4 million enrolled in those, of those enrollees 28% met that group they expect to help pay for it. just because they signed up though does not mean they have paid. i talked to an expert and she said that should not worry them but she does have a warning for obama enrollees. >> if you miss a payment that will get you suspended too, so that is bad. >> they will have a hearing in washington next week in order to learn who has signed up and who has paid. >> the warriors get ready for game 7, what they are doing now before they head south for that elimination game in l
. >>> the president met with his allies there in german and they talk about the sanctions against russia and talked about other things also. >> we have been talking about sanctions against russia and we talked today with our nato partners. >> he warned them to beef up this defenses as a deterrent. >>> new information about the people in california who have signed up for obamacare, including how old they are and how they are getting financial assistance but many...
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. >>: to negotiate the release of four military observers to a capture bar for russia militia. ukraine of launching the first major assault in the eastern part of the country it both are reporting three dead and two injured. banf but some malaysian officials said on friday that they considers the ferry and that the officials should take a look of this. it was only confirm by sending vessels to the area thousands are in light of the santa, area. so far there's no specific plans to do that. an update on a wildfire this morning in southern california and new video coming in this morning this fire and cucamonga is 53 percent contained. the over acres have been burned. the gusty winds arthere were about 1600 homes in evacuating. and they're now under investigation. >>: said finally one of the two suspects charged with murder in oakland is the libyan court today judy salomon was gunned down las julyast july some reminiscing and just about a half-hour at 9:00 this morning. >>: happening to mar the kentucky derby there's been a change in the lineup of opportunity is not an array. the r
. >>: to negotiate the release of four military observers to a capture bar for russia militia. ukraine of launching the first major assault in the eastern part of the country it both are reporting three dead and two injured. banf but some malaysian officials said on friday that they considers the ferry and that the officials should take a look of this. it was only confirm by sending vessels to the area thousands are in light of the santa, area. so far there's no specific plans to do that....
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble, while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york...
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germany is russia's largest trading partner with europe. more than twice the entire trade of the united states comes through germany. as one senior official told me just a short while ago, there's no question that economic sanctions are more effective when they're done in coordination with europe. if the united states is going to go forward with another round of broader sanctions against germany -- against russia, germany has got to be there with the u.s. >> there's been a lot of pushback from corporations, both here and in germany. >> reporter: yeah. there's no question about that. germany has been a reluctant partner here. it's not just the corporations that have deep ties with russia. it's also oil and gas. germany gets one-third of its oil, one-third of its gas from russia. they have a lot to lose with tougher sanctions. >> thanks very much. we will have more on this sunday on "this week". >>> let's go to amy with today's other top stories. >> good morning, everyone. >>> and we begin with wall street, reacting to nice that the economy i
germany is russia's largest trading partner with europe. more than twice the entire trade of the united states comes through germany. as one senior official told me just a short while ago, there's no question that economic sanctions are more effective when they're done in coordination with europe. if the united states is going to go forward with another round of broader sanctions against germany -- against russia, germany has got to be there with the u.s. >> there's been a lot of pushback...
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energy flows from russia to europe. those continue even in the midst of the cold war, at the height of the cold war. so the idea that you're going to turn off the tap on all russian oil or natural gas exports, i think, is unrealistic. but there are a range of, you know, approaches that can be taken not only in the energy sector but in the arms sector, the finance sector, in terms of lines of credit for trade. all that have a significant impact on russia. i don't think it's appropriate for us to delve into the details at this stage because our hope is, is that we don't have to deploy them. but what i can say is that our experts at the highest level, and not just bilaterally but multilaterally through the european commission and our diplomatic teams have been working through all the possibilities and we're confident that we will have a package that will further impact russia's growth and economy. but again, our hope is, is that we shouldn't have to use them. we're not interested in punishing the russian people. we do thin
energy flows from russia to europe. those continue even in the midst of the cold war, at the height of the cold war. so the idea that you're going to turn off the tap on all russian oil or natural gas exports, i think, is unrealistic. but there are a range of, you know, approaches that can be taken not only in the energy sector but in the arms sector, the finance sector, in terms of lines of credit for trade. all that have a significant impact on russia. i don't think it's appropriate for us to...
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it is also important to note that germany has a lot of economic ties with russia, and the question is whether you put more economic pressure on that country and actually affect the economic relations between germany and russia. so, a lot to think about here especially since big german companies, volkswagen to name one, have a huge stake in russia. and the more pressure you put on, the harder it is for those companies to continue to do business very well and thrive, carol. >> joe johns reporting live from the white house this morning. thank you. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," tensions flare and ukraine's military mobilizes. we'll look at a new offensive that could push the country closer to widespread fighting. [announcer] play close-good and close. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile food. with special crunchy kibbles and great taste, it's a happy way to a healthy smile. beneful healthy smile food and snacks. the average person will probably eat something or drink something that is acidic on a daily basis. those acids made over time wear the enamel.
it is also important to note that germany has a lot of economic ties with russia, and the question is whether you put more economic pressure on that country and actually affect the economic relations between germany and russia. so, a lot to think about here especially since big german companies, volkswagen to name one, have a huge stake in russia. and the more pressure you put on, the harder it is for those companies to continue to do business very well and thrive, carol. >> joe johns...
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. >> they are not taking orders from russia. they are not taking orders from ukraine. these are local people with uniforms and guns and they are doing things on their own. so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying nobody is negotiating with us. so we are just protecting our own state. >> these photos were captured moments before she and her colleagues were detained and blindfolded by pro-russian separatists. lyall plans to stay and continue covering the crisis. >>> time now 6:10. a southern california wildfire burns over 1500 acres. coming up at 6:30, how mother nature is helping firefighters contain the flames. >> okay, everyone! here's a clue for you this morning. what is big and white and looks like it could be in a george lucas movie? "where's roberta?" as the news continues right here on kpix 5. >> sounds like me on a hot day at the beach. we are looking at some big changes coming our way. some heat relief is in sight. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and you're really slowing down between
. >> they are not taking orders from russia. they are not taking orders from ukraine. these are local people with uniforms and guns and they are doing things on their own. so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying nobody is negotiating with us. so we are just protecting our own state. >> these photos were captured moments before she and her colleagues were detained and blindfolded by pro-russian separatists....
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and we have to hit russia where it hurts, and that is the economy. and that is why, the steps to replace russia with our support of the energy resources, and among other things, to enriching, and empowering nato now to step up, and we tried to romance russia with nato, and it did not work. we now have to see them as an adversa adversary, and bring nato back to the original mission. >> thank you, senator dan coats, and thanks for the debrief of what angela merkel may be saying to the president. and up next, congressman jason furman is going to join chris jansing on that big jobs report. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins and as we are looking at the weekend ahead, a nice spring weekend ahead. and some areas of rain, but you will be ducking the showers and the storms from florida, miami to tampa to orlando. and as we go up to new england, we will see the cooler air moving in with rain showers. have a good weekend. but it's a battlefield out there! you know the chickweed is surrounding yer sidewalk and the dandelions are stealing precious nutrients! now'
and we have to hit russia where it hurts, and that is the economy. and that is why, the steps to replace russia with our support of the energy resources, and among other things, to enriching, and empowering nato now to step up, and we tried to romance russia with nato, and it did not work. we now have to see them as an adversa adversary, and bring nato back to the original mission. >> thank you, senator dan coats, and thanks for the debrief of what angela merkel may be saying to the...
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so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying, nobody is negotiating with us so we are just protecting our own state. >> well, you tweeted shortly after your release, taken hostage by self-defense forces. what are self-defense forces? >> reporter: that's what they call themselves. they are the guys who are protecting [ indiscernible ] in the [ indiscernible ] region in this part of ukraine and they are the ones who have taken it upon themselves like some of the people in crimea to become the new patrolling force out here and what they say seems to go. >> and what is next for you, erin? are you coming home? are you going back to work? are you going to take a few days off? and where are you right now? >> reporter: we're back in donesk in our hotel. we'll talk about the next stems. we'll stay and cover the referendum in a couple of weeks and see where it goes. you know, we didn't make any decisions today that were dangerous. we made normal decisions. we just happened upon an unlucky situation. so it will m
so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying, nobody is negotiating with us so we are just protecting our own state. >> well, you tweeted shortly after your release, taken hostage by self-defense forces. what are self-defense forces? >> reporter: that's what they call themselves. they are the guys who are protecting [ indiscernible ] in the [ indiscernible ] region in this part of ukraine and they are the ones who...
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the crisis in john boehner and sanctions against russia topping the agenda. this is her first visit to warrant since it was revealed the nsa had been listening in on her phone conversations. harriet tory is a reporter for the "wall street journal." she joins us from berlin this morning. ms. tory, what needs to hatch during this meeting between these two heads of state? >> reporter: the nsa is certainly an item on the agenda, as you mentioned but what's foremost on the agenda is the crisis in ukraine and trying to establish a joint line between washington and berlin on how we are doing to deal with the crisis in ukraine. it seems like there is a bit of conflict. although the nsa will play a role in the negotiations. the german government has been playing it down recently. they want add no- spy deal. that was when the revelations came out last summer, a lot of politicians, the run-up, saying we want a no-spy deal with america. we deserve this. we are partners on an eye to eye basis. >> seems to have -- the hope for that seems to have reduced a little bit in rec
the crisis in john boehner and sanctions against russia topping the agenda. this is her first visit to warrant since it was revealed the nsa had been listening in on her phone conversations. harriet tory is a reporter for the "wall street journal." she joins us from berlin this morning. ms. tory, what needs to hatch during this meeting between these two heads of state? >> reporter: the nsa is certainly an item on the agenda, as you mentioned but what's foremost on the agenda is...
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the cr
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york...
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for one, have huge stakes in russia. so any type of sanction has a potential economic blowback and it's just a sign of how the west has a limited toolbox in dealing with the situation in ukraine, chris. >> all right, joe, thank you very much for the reporting. >>> let's bring in cnn military analyst james "spider" marks a retired major generally and former commanding general of the u.s. army intillgence center. general, thank you for joining us. let's leave the politics aside and deal with the urgency on the ground. what do you believe the situation is? who is ukraine fighting? what do you think the stakes are? >> fighting two elements really. you do have pro-russian separatists that are in east ukraine, but they're being supported directly, not only in terms of what i would call over-the-horizon support, weapons support, but also they have russian forces are on the ground instigating this and these are the folks we've seen routinely that have unmarked uniforms and have their face masked. so, you have professional milita
for one, have huge stakes in russia. so any type of sanction has a potential economic blowback and it's just a sign of how the west has a limited toolbox in dealing with the situation in ukraine, chris. >> all right, joe, thank you very much for the reporting. >>> let's bring in cnn military analyst james "spider" marks a retired major generally and former commanding general of the u.s. army intillgence center. general, thank you for joining us. let's leave the politics...
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it's equal to half of the lng that europeans import from russia. hashas already been after this amount of lng that we have authorized even going through this determination. there will be a question that you post earlier about how much of these will be billed, at what rate will the private sector build the terminal that was already authorized the there is i think certainly some demonstrate progress we've made. it's a tremendous amount of gas we've already authorized and indeed, the fact that we are no longer importing large quantities of lng has already imported, impacted global markets dramatically. >> when you talk about this amount already been permitted, is there some cat amount that you sing we will get to this total and we will not permit any more beyond that? >> no, there's not. we're not determined a level beyond which we are not going to, we're not going to permit. so that is not something that the department of energy has identified or determined. >> the best interests continues to be a subjective for each location based on the letters tha
it's equal to half of the lng that europeans import from russia. hashas already been after this amount of lng that we have authorized even going through this determination. there will be a question that you post earlier about how much of these will be billed, at what rate will the private sector build the terminal that was already authorized the there is i think certainly some demonstrate progress we've made. it's a tremendous amount of gas we've already authorized and indeed, the fact that we...
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it's about the future of russia, a nuclear arms state. this is going to go on for years, it's a long game. we're looking for the future of the international system. we're at an inflexion point that could be just as important as the end of world war i and end of world war ii. if we don't shape the international system, then less benevolent actors will step in to do that and that's what we're seeing in ukraine. >> thank you, rick stengel -- >> i have a gift for mika. this is flashlight held by the great singer of ukraine where she turns it on, thousands of people turn it on and she sings the ukrainian national anthem this weekend. we honored her this weekend and we had about 800 of these in the audience. there's a nice little bow on it. >> huge jobs numbers just came out. >> thank you fred, thank you steve. that is lovely, fred. thank you. will finally this be the month for economic recovery? steve has given us a sneak peek. huge job numbers coming up on "morning joe." ♪ talk about a dream nature lover... people person. ♪ and you put up
it's about the future of russia, a nuclear arms state. this is going to go on for years, it's a long game. we're looking for the future of the international system. we're at an inflexion point that could be just as important as the end of world war i and end of world war ii. if we don't shape the international system, then less benevolent actors will step in to do that and that's what we're seeing in ukraine. >> thank you, rick stengel -- >> i have a gift for mika. this is...
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tougher sanctions against russia almost certainly on the table. in the meantime, the ukrainian government is launching a large-scale anti-terror operation to recapture the eastern city of slovyansk, this as the violence in ukraine escalates. so, let's get the latest from the ground there. arwa damon is in donetsk, where ukrainian riot police have been clashing with these pro-russian activists, arwa. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, those clashes happening yesterday evening when the pro-russian camp decided to storm the prosecutor's office, clashing with riot police. molotov cocktails, stun grenades were fired and used, but eventually, the pro-russian camp did manage to fairly quickly, relatively speaking, push the riot police off the premises, moving through, ransacking the entire building and declaring themselves the ultimate authority. meanwhile, kiev seemingly trying to reassert itself to a certain degree with that operation that began in the very early hours of the morning here, focusing on the city of slovyansk. that has also been one of
tougher sanctions against russia almost certainly on the table. in the meantime, the ukrainian government is launching a large-scale anti-terror operation to recapture the eastern city of slovyansk, this as the violence in ukraine escalates. so, let's get the latest from the ground there. arwa damon is in donetsk, where ukrainian riot police have been clashing with these pro-russian activists, arwa. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, those clashes happening yesterday evening when the...
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tougher sanctions against russia could be on the table as the violence in ukraine escalates. cnn monitoring a large-scale anti-terror operation being launched by the ukrainian military, all while russian president vladimir putin calls on kiev to withdraw its troops from southeast ukraine if it wants to keep the peace. for more on today's meeting between obama and merkel, here's senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: john and christine, german chancellor angela merkel's visit to the white house comes at a critical time. both the u.s. and germany have tried to apply pressure on russia to try to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine, the u.s. taking the lead on sanctions, while chancellor merkel has tried to use her closer relationship with russian president vladimir putin to resolve the crisis, but it's not clear whether those closer ties are helping. in a phone conversation that the two leaders had on thursday, putin told merkel that he woonts to see ukrainian troops pull out of the southeastern part of their own country. white house press secretary jay carney c
tougher sanctions against russia could be on the table as the violence in ukraine escalates. cnn monitoring a large-scale anti-terror operation being launched by the ukrainian military, all while russian president vladimir putin calls on kiev to withdraw its troops from southeast ukraine if it wants to keep the peace. for more on today's meeting between obama and merkel, here's senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: john and christine, german chancellor angela merkel's...
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increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's ballistic missile procurement. with that let me thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. members, we're going to try to conclude our hearing in an hour and a half, so we'll observe the five minute rule. and we'll have as many questions as we can possibly handle. let me start mr. secretary by a follow-up question. when commissioner kuskin was here with the irs, we asked a lot of questions about this proposed 501 c four regulation, and he told the subcommittee that he didn't think that
increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's...
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russia percent since the school buildings in east in ukraine. the mets why does this gondola ride police used tear gas water cannon and tear down monday to protest its tentacles an irish politician gerry adams remains in custody wednesday this threat there have been some of the most violent scenes today to ukraine what an angry mob stormed a key government building internet the number of injuries reported. well as the unrest spreads russian president vladimir putin has called on ukraine to remove the security forces from the eastern and southern regions. wednesday's protests on ninety but that could prove especially difficult the land and fees morning tea and that it would have to rework its seventeen billion dollar brain that if it loses control of the economically important east. raising the state's still high protest is the fights done to make that a gas and stone the prosecutor's office and the mets. the run police guarding the building was beaten by them all the kids that the sun to pray russian activists are tightening their grip on easter
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we have an agreement with russia. respect for territorial integrity, respect for sovereignty, and all the things that russia has done in the past few months have violated all of those principles so that idea of seeing russia as a partner is now not something you can do any more. >> unsettled pictures today. when you heard about talks in geneva, did you ever imagine, and this was just a few weeks ago, did you ever imagine this would escalate to the current point? >> absolutely, i did. >> really. >> . >> i thought the talks were a charade. while it is permenting on the ground. putin does not have any serious pressure. they are organizing local militias he has tens of thousands of troops on the russian side, and he is going to continue to try to break up ukraine, grab these territories and exit to russia. and also close to rug president vladimir putin, talked to him today, how important is angle merkel in this process? >> she is critical to any european response. there needs to be a transatlantic, response, and in fact,
we have an agreement with russia. respect for territorial integrity, respect for sovereignty, and all the things that russia has done in the past few months have violated all of those principles so that idea of seeing russia as a partner is now not something you can do any more. >> unsettled pictures today. when you heard about talks in geneva, did you ever imagine, and this was just a few weeks ago, did you ever imagine this would escalate to the current point? >> absolutely, i...
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as the threatens rhetoric from russia's president gets louder. in seattle, the mayor announce as plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, the high nest the united states. and there are new images of toronto mayor rob ford, allegedly doing drugs yet again, ford says he is headed to rehab, won't talk to the leading challenger running against him, for mayor. >> for the first time in a few days the sun is shining here in the east coast, and communities in a dozen states are finally drying out and cleaning up. the stomps along the eastern seaboard were brutal. and philadelphia several inches of rain said rivers and streams over their banks, crews had to make their way through flooding streets. in maryland half way through baltimore, hundreds of people were told to evacuate after heavy rain flooded streets. authorities opened up nearby dams to prevent more flooding. and in florida a bay bay is one of hundreds of people rescued in pensacola. meanwhile, florida investigators are trying to determine if the heavy rains and down power lines. pe
as the threatens rhetoric from russia's president gets louder. in seattle, the mayor announce as plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, the high nest the united states. and there are new images of toronto mayor rob ford, allegedly doing drugs yet again, ford says he is headed to rehab, won't talk to the leading challenger running against him, for mayor. >> for the first time in a few days the sun is shining here in the east coast, and communities in a dozen states are...
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for fear that any violent action using the military out there in the east might provide a pretext for russia to cross the border with it's own troops. that said, it is a powerful statement from the kiev administration, that it is not going to allow the east simply to slip away. >> what more do we know about the violence and controlling the violence in the east? >> well, it's been -- as i say, a public holiday, that has meant that people aren't at work, in the east it has given them ample opportunity, there have been peaceful protests. which has been previous hot bed of unrest, there was a large but peaceful protest today. but that said, there have been demonstrations which have effectively taking more billings in several cities up there in the east, and the biggest was in a place called dunat. the sheer numbers and the violence that they were prepared to use, overwhelmed those riot police, they were stripped of their riot shields and they protective equipment, they were marched rather embarrassingly through a gauntlet of protestor and is demonstrators are very clearly in control of several b
for fear that any violent action using the military out there in the east might provide a pretext for russia to cross the border with it's own troops. that said, it is a powerful statement from the kiev administration, that it is not going to allow the east simply to slip away. >> what more do we know about the violence and controlling the violence in the east? >> well, it's been -- as i say, a public holiday, that has meant that people aren't at work, in the east it has given them...
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in russia, tens of thousands marching through red square. it is the first such display of the soviet era ceremony. may day protestors also in the streets of indonesia. demonstrators say the peers in thailand have better living standards than they do. and in istanbul turkey, demonstrators clashing with police, police fired tier gas at the crowd near the historic square. protestors wanted to hold their rallies there, but were told no. more on the violence that followed. >> demonstrators and police have clashed in several neighborhoods. demonstrators tried to march to the square, the police prevented them using tier gas and water call nones. the government is preventing unions from using squares that a venue for the may day rally. distake right to demonstrateever and whenever they want. this is part of an on going struggle in this. there is not just about a may day rally, the government does have it's critics. it was democratically elected, it has won the local elections but it's critics believe it has been abusing it's power. nose who have tak
in russia, tens of thousands marching through red square. it is the first such display of the soviet era ceremony. may day protestors also in the streets of indonesia. demonstrators say the peers in thailand have better living standards than they do. and in istanbul turkey, demonstrators clashing with police, police fired tier gas at the crowd near the historic square. protestors wanted to hold their rallies there, but were told no. more on the violence that followed. >> demonstrators and...
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russia, china. we have to do this together. it will take 12 days. i only have six weeks left. it is the only time i ever saw arafat cry. he said oh, no, you can't do that. i said i have to make it look like i forced you to. it is very different in private. i didn't go. i said, we are giving up an opportunity to make the world a safer place. if you are not going to do this, just tell me. he went through this whole deal about how it would be 10 years again. he told two different arab leaders he was going to take the deal. the details had to be filled in. on january 7, i went to the israel policy forum and went public with this whole thing. i just had a couple of weeks. we really had until the middle of february when the israeli election was going to occur. under the agreement, israel had to ratify the peace agreement. because of the intifada, which started when ariel sharon went to the temple mount for the first time since 1967, which i begged arafat not to start, ehud barak was down 38%. they said, let's elect the toughest guy we can find. to heck with them. arafat let me leave
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. >> how serious is what is going on in crimea, ukraine, russia? >> it's very serious because it is a pattern, this is -- russia is an authoritarian state. putin is going to push as far as he can until he sees that the cost is too high and the resistance too great and there is too much to lose. and to the extent that we continue a pattern of words incrementalism as opposed to stiffer sanctions and in my view lethal and nonlethal assistance to countries that he is pushing against. i suspect what we will see is not just ukraine but down the road you can see him doing similar things as he did in the republic of georgia. he can be doing it in other central asian countries. >> should the sanctions that have been imposed. should they be imposed on putin. the saxes are imposed around him not on him personally. he is a very wealthy man, right? >> i assume that he has never shown me his bank book. >> he hasn't shown me either. have you ever met him? >> oh sure, my goodness, yes. >> what's he like? >> you get in a meeting with putin, and he is kind of a thro
. >> how serious is what is going on in crimea, ukraine, russia? >> it's very serious because it is a pattern, this is -- russia is an authoritarian state. putin is going to push as far as he can until he sees that the cost is too high and the resistance too great and there is too much to lose. and to the extent that we continue a pattern of words incrementalism as opposed to stiffer sanctions and in my view lethal and nonlethal assistance to countries that he is pushing against. i...
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russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility. when there is economic benefit and diplomatic benefit -- strength that comes from x port of energy, this is one of those issues that i continue to ask tom a why has it taken so long? that is a long statement. let me start this conversation. depending on the different programs, it has taken 11 weeks or eight weeks or -- there are different times to get permits. the initial one, it was past approval. it took eight months after the application. 29have had some now that are , 27, 23 months after the application. is this process g
russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility....
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some of those questions, and the issues they raise. >> ifill: from syria to israel, to ukraine and russia, to last week's four-nation asia trip, foreign policy has returned to center stage for president obama. but setbacks have claimed as much attention as success. the president returned home yesterday with a new military agreement with the philippines. but a broader pacific trade deal was left undone. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin threatened ukraine's borders and israel's benjamin netanyahu abandoned peace talks with the palestinians. in washington, critics like republican senator john mccain have challenged the president's leadership, and taken secretary of state john kerry to task. >> on the issue of ukraine. my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly, but carry a big stick. what you're doing, is talking strongly, and carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> the people of ukraine should know why won't we give them in defensive weapons when they are facing yet another invasion -- not the first, but another invasion of their country. it is just beyond logic. k
some of those questions, and the issues they raise. >> ifill: from syria to israel, to ukraine and russia, to last week's four-nation asia trip, foreign policy has returned to center stage for president obama. but setbacks have claimed as much attention as success. the president returned home yesterday with a new military agreement with the philippines. but a broader pacific trade deal was left undone. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin threatened ukraine's borders and israel's...